That is insane if they wont let you publish it for free here. worst case, release it as a torrent to save bandwidth. i can at the vary least supply some bandwidth on a long term basis to keep it alive even if that makes it slow to get(assuming the torrent ever dies).
As it stands there is allot of content i could use but i cannot afford to spend the money needed to get it all at the moment. this leaves me in a place of developing my game on my own with what free content i can get as placeholders or making some on my own until i get enough of a project done where i can show it off as a concept to try to get money to buy or have the content id need.
This puts Epic in a place where they have to choose between getting games made by allowing free high quality content and eventually making some money from the commission on the game or selling stuff that people like me simply cant buy, delaying my project where it may simply never see the light of day resulting in them making no money period.
It seems to me Epic is having a hard time letting go, they ought to save themselves some trouble and just allow it, and while they are at it, they should make a character creation system since most games need a humanoid character and it would be yet another wonderful reason for people to make a game with unreal engine.